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Journal Articles (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
Items in this Collection
- 2Cayman Islands
- 1Black limestone lithoclasts
- 1Denudation rate
- 1Erosional unconformity
- 1Karst topography
- 1Photolineaments
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Ongoing, long-term evolution of an unconformity that originated as a karstic surface in the Late Miocene: A case study from the Cayman Islands, British West Indies.
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On Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, karst development on the upper surface of the Cayman Formation during the late Miocene lowstand produced the Cayman Unconformity. On Grand Cayman, this led to the development of a deep, atoll-shaped depression on the western part of the island. The ensuing Lower...
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Petrographic and geochemical features of sinkhole-filling deposits associated with an erosional unconformity on Grand Cayman.
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On Grand Cayman, exposures of dolostones belonging to the Cayman Formation (Miocene) represent an erosional unconformity that has been developing since the late Pliocene (~ 3.6 Ma). Sinkholes that developed during this time have remained open or become partly to fully filled with various...